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The Navy's new warship apparently isn't so strong when it comes to network protection, with weak points discovered during cybersecurity testing. But the vulnerabilities aren't stopping an eight-month deployment of the first such vessel, Andrea Shalal-Esa writes.

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The Phlegra Montes in Mars' northern hemisphere may be hiding deposits of ice, observations by the European Space Agency's Mars Express suggest. The hills were covered by glaciers hundreds of millions of years ago, geological evidence suggests, and researchers think ice could be hidden not far beneath their surface.

The European Space Agency recently completed a successful test of its unmanned mini-spacecraft. The Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle took off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on a Vega rocket. It climbed to 256 miles above Earth before beginning its descent and finally landing in the Pacific Ocean.

The European Space Agency is optimistic that the Philae lander's solar panels will absorb enough power to turn on in May or June, after being wedged in an area without much direct sunlight on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

The Entertainment Software Association is being urged to drop its support of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, which is being pushed by Hollywood studios. Game developer Nathan Fouts is among those calling for the trade group to end its endorsement of the bill, writing, "This bill is bad for the internet and bad for the video game industry."